Aksan A, Hubel A, Bischof JC. Frontiers in biotransport: water transport and hydration.
J Biomech Eng 2009;
131:074004. [PMID:
19640136 DOI:
10.1115/1.3173281]
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Abstract
Biotransport, by its nature, is concerned with the motions of molecules in biological systems while water remains as the most important and the most commonly studied molecule across all disciplines. In this review, we focus on biopreservation and thermal therapies from the perspective of water, exploring how its molecular motions, properties, kinetic, and thermodynamic transitions govern biotransport phenomena and enable preservation or controlled destruction of biological systems.
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